Takatsuki Station | |
Native Name: | 高月駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrw |
Type: | JR-West regional rail station |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | Takatsukicho Ochikawa 33-26, Nagahama-shi, Shiga-ken 529-0232 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.4704°N 136.2376°W |
Line: | Hokuriku Main Line |
Distance: | 18.2 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Structure: | Ground level |
Opened: | March 10, 1882 |
Passengers: | 726 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Takatsuki Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagahama, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Takatsuki Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 18.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
The station opened on 10 March 1882 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of Japan National Railway.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Takatsuki being assigned station number JR-A06.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 726 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]